Emma Heming Willis recalled renewing her wedding vows with her husband Bruce Willis on Tuesday as they celebrated their 14th wedding anniversary… amid Bruce’s battles with dementia.
The 68-year-old action icon and his 44-year-old son got married for the first time exactly 14 years ago on March 21, 2009, and Heming Willis revealed that a friend left him a bouquet of flowers to celebrate the anniversary today.
She also returned to Instagram on Tuesday afternoon, sharing a touching video from exactly four years ago in 2019, when she renewed her wedding vows to Bruce on their 10th anniversary in a moving ceremony.
The video featured Bruce and Emma’s two children, Mabel Ray and Evelyn Penn, serving as flower girls, while Bruce’s daughters with Demi Moore, Scout and Rumer, singing and playing guitar at the ceremony.
The video also showed Stephen Eads performing the ceremony, with Demi Moore capturing the video she shared on Tuesday.
Renewal: Emma Heming Willis recalled renewing her wedding vows with her husband Bruce Willis on Tuesday as they celebrated their 14th wedding anniversary … amid Bruce’s battles with dementia.
Vows: She also returned to Instagram on Tuesday afternoon, sharing a touching video from exactly four years ago in 2019, when she renewed her wedding vows to Bruce on their 10th anniversary in a moving ceremony
‘On our 10th wedding anniversary, we decided to renew our vows in the same place where we said “I do” in 2009. I’m so glad we did. Take every opportunity to come together and celebrate with family and friends,” Emma began.
“Those are the moments and the beautiful pockets of memories that you hold on to for a lifetime,” she added.
“And we can keep those memories safe and alive for those who may not be able to,” Emma added.
He also gave, ‘a big shout out to our videographer @DemiMoore, our wedding singers @rumerwillis @scoutlaruewillis and our two florists Mabel Ray and Evelyn Penn.’
Heming Willis also thanked Stephen Eads, ‘for getting married again and our sweet family and friends for always supporting us,’ tagging Talulah Willis, Zorina Heming and Robert Kraft, while yelling ‘Beth, David and Sofia.’
She concluded the post with the hashtags #weddinganniversary #maketime #makememories.
Earlier on Tuesday, she shared a touching story about how a friend brightened her day with an act of kindness.
‘Today marks 14 years of marriage with the greatest love of my life. I woke up with a full heart, but what my mind kept flashing back to was someone else’s act of kindness yesterday that I wanted to share as it inspired me so much,” she began.
Vows: ‘On our 10th wedding anniversary, we decided to renew our vows in the same place where we said “I do” in 2009. I’m so glad we did. Take every opportunity to come together and celebrate with family and friends,” Emma began.
Singers: Also gave a big shout out to our videographer @DemiMoore, our wedding singers @rumerwillis @scoutlaruewillis
Flower girls: She also thanked her daughters, ‘two flower girls, Mabel Ray and Evelyn Penn’
Friendship: Earlier on Tuesday, she shared a touching story about how a friend brightened her day with an act of kindness.
‘While passing through a school event for our children, I mentioned to my friend that our anniversary was tomorrow. Cut to, I get a text from my friend later that day saying that she left “something little” for me at my door. It was this sweet bouquet of flowers (pictured) with a note saying Happy Anniversary among other things,” she added.
Emma has also opened up about struggling with her husband’s condition, after he was diagnosed with aphasia in late March 2022, and it was revealed in February 2023 that he was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia.
‘It got me thinking about how difficult these kinds of ‘special occasions’ can be for carers. Where normally our person would recognize the event, now their shifting brains simply can’t. And that is what it is,” she added in the post.
‘So my point is this. If you know someone who is caring for someone else, don’t ask what you can do, just do it,” Emma added.
‘This random act of kindness will honestly stay with me for a long time. I love you, Julia. You just made this day special for us,” Emma concluded, using the hashtags #randomactsofkindness #gratitude #friendship.
Just two days earlier, Emma and the entire family celebrated Bruce’s 68th birthday with a new video.
‘He is pure love. He is so loved. And I will always love him. Happy birthday my sweet,’ Emma began.
‘My birthday wish for Bruce is that you continue to keep him in your prayers and in the highest vibrations because his sensitive Pisces soul will feel it. Thank you so much for loving and caring for him too,” he added.
Condition: Emma has also opened up about struggling with her husband’s condition, after he was diagnosed with aphasia in late March 2022, and it was revealed in February 2023 that he was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia
I can’t: ‘It got me thinking about how difficult these kinds of ‘special occasions’ can be for caregivers. Where normally our person would recognize the event, now their shifting brains simply can’t. And that’s what it is,’ he added in the post.
Birthday love: Just two days earlier, Emma and the whole family celebrated Bruce’s 68th birthday with a new video
Love: ‘He is pure love. He is so loved. And I will always love him. Happy birthday my sweet,’ Emma began.